nettie@lemmy.world to Transfem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-24 days agoGender is not a 1D spectrummindout.ukexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkGender is not a 1D spectrummindout.uknettie@lemmy.world to Transfem@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLimonene@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoLooks like polar coordinates, with theta being the maleness (at 180 degrees) or femaleness (at 0 degrees), and radius being the magnitude. (edit: That’s actually what it says above the chart, I just missed it.)
minus-squarenettie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYup! I considered drawing a locus but decided that a line said enough. It’s been a useful realisation for me that while my gender fluctuates, I feel it less when I’m feeling towards the male side.
Looks like polar coordinates, with theta being the maleness (at 180 degrees) or femaleness (at 0 degrees), and radius being the magnitude.
(edit: That’s actually what it says above the chart, I just missed it.)
Yup! I considered drawing a locus but decided that a line said enough.
It’s been a useful realisation for me that while my gender fluctuates, I feel it less when I’m feeling towards the male side.